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Daily Wrap 5 September 2024

Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas The second phase of a two-round campaign to vaccinate over half a million young children in Gaza against polio began in Khan Younis on Thursday, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.  Read more Health World News in Brief: Aid trucks on Ukraine frontline, Africa schools close due to insecurity, Georgia rights defenders UN humanitarians continue to reach beleaguered communities stranded on the frontline in Ukraine. An inter-agency convoy delivered three trucks of aid to a community in the Kherson region on Wednesday – the ninth this year that has managed to get through. Read more Peace and Security Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024; Gaza and Sudan worst hit The number of people experiencing catastrophic hunger has surged more than twofold in 2024, due largely to the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Sudan, according to new figures released by the UN on Thursday. Read more Humanitarian Aid UN strongly condemns 'tragic death' of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died at a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, on Thursday, just days after reportedly being set on fire by a boyfriend.  Read more Women Over half a million people severely impacted by unprecedented flooding and windstorms in Yemen Unprecedented floods and winds have displaced thousands of families, destroyed homes, and severely damaged critical infrastructure, impacting over half a million people in Yemen, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Thursday.   Read more Climate and Environment We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean: UN weather agency Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have "a spiralling, negative impact on health, ecosystems and agriculture", with millions of deaths attributed to dirty air, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. Read more Climate and Environment Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in war-torn Gaza. Read more Humanitarian Aid Guterres underlines support for China-Africa partnership Joint efforts by China and Africa can spark new momentum for development on the continent, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, at a high-level meeting in Beijing.  Read more SDGs

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